# vaska
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvaska]
* Rhymes: -aska
* Hyphenation: vas‧ka

### Adjective

vaska (accusative singular vaskan, plural vaskaj, accusative plural vaskajn)
* Basque (of or pertaining to the Basque people)

#### Synonyms

* eŭska

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

vaska (third person singular past indicative vaskaði, third person plural past indicative vaskaðu, supine vaskað)
* to wash

#### Derived terms

* vaska upp

## Icelandic
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

#### Verb

vaska
* to wash

##### Derived terms

* vaska upp

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vaska
* inflection of vaskur:
** indefinite accusative plural
** indefinite genitive plural

## Latvian
### Noun

vaska m
* genitive singular of vasks

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* vasket

### Verb

vaska
* simple past of vaske
* past participle of vaske

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* vaske

### Etymology

From Old Norse vaska.

### Verb

vaska (present tense vaskar, past tense vaska, past participle vaska, passive infinitive vaskast, present participle vaskande, imperative vaska/vask)
* to wash (something, someone, oneself (reflexive))

#### Derived terms

* utvasking
* uvaska
* vaskbar
* vaskebrett
* vaskemaskin
* vaskemiddel
* vaskepulver
* vaskeri

#### Descendants

* Russenorsk: vaskom

### References

* “vaska” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”). Compare Old English wascan, Old Frisian waska, Old Saxon waskan, Old High German wascan, waskan.

### Verb

vaska (singular past indicative vaskaði, plural past indicative vǫskuðu, past participle vaskaðr)
* to wash

#### Descendants

* Danish: vaske
** Norwegian Bokmål: vaske
* Faroese: vaska
* Icelandic: vaska
* Swedish: vaska
* Norwegian Nynorsk: vaske, vaska
** Russenorsk: vaskom

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vaska”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaska, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“water; wet”).

#### Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)
* to wash
    Synonyms: tvätta, diska, rengöra, byka
* to separate gold from dirt and sand with a pan
    Har du någonsin vaskat guld?Have you ever washed gold?
* (informal) to get at valuable items or thoughts from an abundance of less interesting material
    Har du lyckats vaska fram något om den misstänkte?Have you been able to find something about the suspect (from all information available)?

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From vask (“a sink”) +‎ -a.

#### Verb

vaska (present vaskar, preterite vaskade, supine vaskat, imperative vaska)
* (slang) to buy (expensive) champagne (at a restaurant) and pour it (or have it poured) down the drain (to flaunt wealth)
* (slang, by extension) to buy anything and deliberately destroy it (to flaunt wealth)

##### See also

* stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”)

#### References

* vaska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* vaska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

#### Further reading

* Sinking (behavior) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* skava, vakas